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Heather R. DeShonAssistant Research Professor CERI University of Memphis Contact Information: 3890 Central Ave Memphis, TN 38152 (901) 678-1527 (office) (901) 678-4734 (fax) Email: hdeshon at memphis.edu |
| Education B.S., Geophysics and Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, May 1999 Ph.D., Earth Sciences (Geophysics), University of California Santa Cruz, June 2004 Thesis title: Seismogenic zone structure along the Middle America subduction zone, Costa Rica (link) Courses (link)
Research Interests (link)
New Madrid and Central US Studies
Past Projects
Selected Recent Publications
Bisrat, S., H.R. DeShon,
and C.A. Rowe (2012), Swarm Activity Within the New
Madrid Seismic Zone Identified Using Waveform Cross-
Correlation Techniques, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Am., in press.
Hamburger,
M.W., K. Shoemaker, S. Horton, H.R. DeShon,
M. Withers, G. Pavlis, and E. Sherrill (2011),
Aftershocks of the 2008 Mt. Carmel, Illinois,
Earthquake: Evidence for Conjugate Faulting near
the Termination of the Wabash Valley Fault System, Seismo. Res. Letts.,
82, 735-747, doi: 10.1795/gssrl.82.5.735. Bilek,
S., E.R.
Engdahl, H.R. DeShon, and M. El Hariri
(2011), The 24 October 2010 Sumatra tsunami
earthquake: Slip in a slow patch, Geophys. Res. Letts.,
38, L14306, doi:10.1029/2011GL047864. PDF available by
request
DeShon, H.R.,
C.H. Thurber, and J. Power (2010), Earthquake
waveform similarity and evolution at Augustine
volcano, Alaska, from 1993-2006, in The 2006
Eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska, eds.
J.A.
Power,
M.L.
Coombs,
and J.T. Freymueller, USGS
Professional Paper 1769, p.
103-118.
Pesicek,
J.D., C.H. Thurber, H. Zhang, H.R.
DeShon, and E.R. Engdahl (2010),
Teleseismic Double-difference Relocation of
Earthquakes along the Sumatra-Andaman Subduction
Zone using a Three-Dimensional Model, J. Geophys. Res.,
115, B1030, 10.1029/2010JB007443. Pesicek, J.D., C.H.
Thurber, S. Widiyantoro, E.R. Engdahl, and H.R.
DeShon (2010), Sharpening the
Tomographic Image of the Subducting Slab below
the Sumatra-Andaman Region, Geophys. J. Int.,
182, 433-453, doi: 10.111/
j.1365-246X.2010.04630.x.
Powell, C.A., H.R. DeShon, and M. Withers (2010), Intrusions and Anomalous Vp/Vs Ratios Associated with the New Madrid Seismic Zone, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B08311, doi:10.1029/2009JB007107 Link to a complete publications listing with PDFs Curriculum Vitae (link) Graduate student opportunities I am seeking M.S. level graduate students to work on central US and global subduction zone seismology projects. If you would like more information, please email me. |
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